Interel rejigs public affairs team with top roles for two lobbyists
David Wild’s agency is teaming up with agencies in Paris and elsewhere.
Hamilton most recently worked as Tom Watson's policy chief.
MHP swoops for former aide Tom Hamilton to boost Labour firepower
Newington becomes first UK lobbying firm in international IPREX network
Deliveroo hires ex-Telegraph hack Peter Dominiczak to head up public affairs
Former Bell Pottinger lobbyist gets big names backing his new play
This summer, Law Society lobbyist Robert Khan got mixed reviews for his new play, Brexit.
"The satire could be sharper, but it’s good fun,”...
Helen Munro finds her voice as Hume Brophy finally confirms new signing
Back in the height of summer, PAN unleashed a scoopette about Hume...
Peter Bingle gets stuck into another piece defending his lunching
When certain sections of the public affairs industry were gripped by the APPC-PRCA merger...
Daniel Koski: Why Government must embrace the smartphone state
In Paris they are familiar with revolution. So it is apt that world leaders including Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau are gathered in the city today for the first GovTech Summit....
Chris Rogers: How we got Philip Hammond to freeze spirits duty
The politics of this year’s Budget were hardly conducive to even a freeze in excise duty on alcohol, including much-loved UK produced spirits like Scotch Whisky and gin. The Chancellor had to meet...
Nick Pickles: Nick Clegg will do much more than lobbying for Facebook
The interplay between government and industry is one I’ve long been sceptical of, especially where procurement or specialist regulation is involved. There should be a much more robust framework to...
Lunch with... Leon Cook
Until earlier this year, Leon Cook was a director at APCO Worldwide. He is also a former communications director at the European Azerbaijan Society. He and I caught up over lunch at the usual...
Lunch with… Chris Rumfitt
Chris and I sat down to lunch as division tortured the Tory Party; claim and counter-claim tortured the Labour Party; and much to their chagrin, nobody appeared fussed enough to torture the Lib...
Lunch with… John Higginson
I met up with political journalist-turned-public affairs agency boss John Higginson in the usual place and began with a standard opener: what did he make of the political scene at the...